Nobunaga Shimazaki

Nobunaga Shimazaki is a Japanese voice actor known for leading roles in television anime, animated films, and video games. He was born on December 6, 1988, in Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, and is affiliated with Aoni Production. Since beginning professional work in the late 2000s, he has become associated with a number of major youth, sports, fantasy, and action franchises.

Shimazaki's early credits included roles in series such as Anyamaru Tantei Kiruminzuu, SD Gundam Sangokuden Brave Battle Warriors, Giant Killing, and Fate/Zero. He gained wider recognition in 2013 as Haruka Nanase in Free!, a swimming anime that became one of his signature works. Around the same period he voiced Shido Itsuka in Date A Live and appeared in titles such as Kuroko's Basketball, Ace of Diamond, and The Pet Girl of Sakurasou.

His later roles expanded his profile across several prominent series. He voiced Shinichi Izumi in Parasyte -the maxim-, Yuno in Black Clover, Shun Kaido in The Disastrous Life of Saiki K., Hyuse in World Trigger, Eugeo in Sword Art Online: Alicization, Baki Hanma in Baki-related projects, Mahito in Jujutsu Kaisen, Yuki Soma in Fruits Basket, and Seishiro Nagi in Blue Lock. He has also reprised Haruka Nanase in Free! films and continued to appear in Fate/Grand Order adaptations as Ritsuka Fujimaru.

Shimazaki has received recognition from the Seiyu Awards, including Best Rookie Actor at the 7th Seiyu Awards and a supporting-actor honor at the 15th Seiyu Awards. His public credit listings show a large and continuing body of work, with roles in new anime series, franchise films, and video-game adaptations through the 2020s. His career has been defined by recurring protagonist roles as well as distinctive antagonists and rivals in action series.